Lieux sacrés
Discover the holy dhāmas and sacred places connected with bhakti.
Vrindavan
The forest village on the Yamuna where Krishna spent his childhood pastimes, and the spiritual heart of the bhakti tradition. Over five thousand temples fill its lanes, Banke Bihari, Radha Raman and Radha Damodar among them, and the sound of the Holy Name…
Mathura
The ancient city on the Yamuna where Krishna appeared in the prison of King Kamsa, as the Srimad-Bhagavatam describes. That same night Vasudeva carried the newborn across the river to Gokula, and Krishna later returned to free Mathura from Kamsa. Living in…
Govardhan Hill
La colline sacrée que Krishna a soulevée pour abriter les habitants de Vraja, adorée comme non différente de Krishna lui-même. Les pèlerins en font le tour pieds nus sur un chemin de parikrama de 21 kilomètres, en passant par Radha Kund, Kusum Sarovar et d’innombrables sanctuaires.
Radha Kund
Le petit étang à côté de la colline de Govardhan que la tradition gaudiya tient pour le plus sacré de tous les lieux saints : l’étang où se baigne Srimati Radharani. Ses ghats paisibles attirent les pratiquants les plus dévoués de la tradition.
Sri Mayapur, Navadvipa Dham
Les neuf îles de Navadvipa, au confluent du Gange, où Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu est apparu en 1486 et a lancé le mouvement de sankirtan, le chant collectif des Saints Noms que BeeBhakti existe pour célébrer.
Jagannath Puri
The ocean-side city of Lord Jagannath, one of India's four great dhams, where Sri Chaitanya spent his final eighteen years absorbed in kirtan. Its annual Ratha-yatra chariot festival, rolled for at least eight centuries, is now echoed in cities across the…
Dwarka
On the western coast, Dwarka was Krishna's capital after He left Mathura: a city the Bhagavatam describes as built in the sea, where He ruled as a king with His queens and received devotees such as Sudama. It is one of the four dhams of India, and the…
Kurukshetra
La plaine où, à la veille de la guerre du Mahabharata, Krishna a énoncé la Bhagavad-gita à Arjuna : sept cents versets qui restent le texte le plus lu de la bhakti. Jyotisar, sous un banian ancien, marque l’endroit traditionnel de la conversation.
Ekachakra
Le paisible village bengali où Lord Nityananda, le plus cher compagnon de Sri Chaitanya et l’incarnation de la miséricorde divine, est apparu vers 1474. Les pèlerins visitent le temple de son lieu de naissance et les lieux des divertissements de son enfance.
Udupi
Madhvacharya installed the Deity of Krishna here in the thirteenth century, and Udupi remains the seat of his line: our own tradition is the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya sampradaya. On His tour of South India, Sri Chaitanya visited Udupi, saw the dancing Gopala and…
Badrinath / Badarikashrama
High in the Himalayas on the Alaknanda river, Badarikashrama is where the sage Nara-Narayana performs austerities for the good of the world, as the Srimad-Bhagavatam describes. Srila Vyasadeva's ashram is remembered nearby, where he divided the Vedas and…
Shantipur
On the Ganges in Bengal, Shantipur was the home of Sri Advaita Acharya. Grieving for the suffering world, he worshipped the Lord with Ganges water and tulasi leaves and called out for Him to descend, and Sri Chaitanya appeared in answer…
Naimisharanya
In this forest on the Gomati river, the sages led by Saunaka Rishi gathered for a long sacrifice and asked Suta Goswami to speak about Krishna. His answer is the Srimad-Bhagavatam as we read it today (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.4). Srila Prabhupada explains that…